Inspired by the stunningly creative street fashion that exploded on the streets of Tokyo and Osaka in the late 1990’s, photo-journalist Kjeld Duits launched JAPANESE STREETS in 2002. This makes JS one of the first fashion blogs on the net, and the very first to cover Japanese street fashion.

Recent photos by Kjeld Duits:

Comment （日本語もOK）

Very cool, I love her use of color, and the scrunched tights are really interesting!

And she knitted that HERSELF! Man, so great! Stardet knitting a scarf and that took me long enough.. So great..

Nyurah
Apr 6, 2012 (2078 days ago)

@Nyurah: Actually, HAND-KNIT is the name of the brand. When I checked the label I immediately realized that the name would cause misunderstandings. When something is made by the person him or herself we introduce it with (self) or similar explanations. It will always be in lower case and in parentheses.

@Maria: I just asked Ayako if she is interested in K-Pop. She says she is, but that she knows very little about it. She doesn’t speak English and hasn’t figured out yet how to use the JS comments on her mobile phone.

@Lactose Intoler-Art & Maria: YES. I am trying hard to get more Japanese people to comment and tell them that even commenting in Japanese is OK. I think many are still intimidated by the English. Although Japanese comments are fine, it is important that JS remains mostly an English site, though. ^^

I agree, I think one of the things that has made this site so great from an early point is that English speakers could connect easily. But I also agree that more Japanese would be great too, especially since some Japanese people may feel much more comfortable typing in their own first language.

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